Employer Couldn’t Change Retiree Health Benefits

A union contract did not allow defendant Volvo Trucks to unilaterally change retiree health benefits after expiration of the contract, and the 4th Circuit upholds a district court order restoring benefits lost from the company’s changes and enjoining the company from making such changes in the future.
On Dec. 31, 2008, Volvo announced it would unilaterally ...